It’s All About Relationships

“I’m glad to have friends that are so focused on God that when we talk, that’s where the conversation ends up. It doesn’t feel artificial or forced…” writes my good friend Tamzen on her blog.  Last week during her stay in town, we met up with fellow church camp counselors to commune over Starbucks goodies.

The chat started generically—“How was your semester?”, “Tell us about Greece!”—but I think we soon found ourselves laying on the basketball court at camp, staring up at the stars and pouring out our hearts.

As I sipped my frappuccino and listened, Tam sent me a text message from across the table.
“I love this :)” it read.

I smiled. I loved it too.

I couldn’t stop thinking of the book of Romans when Paul talks about how we are one body in Christ (Romans 12:5), and how we are to edify and build each other up (Romans 14:9). This is exactly what Christ wanted. For Christians to be able to share our hearts, to encourage each other, to build each other up, to pray for each other, and then to take that into the world.

Too often we get caught up in the routine of Christianity. Go to church on Sunday and Wednesday, take communion, tithe. Check, check, and check.

But Jesus is more into rescue, redemption, and relationships than routine.

He wants a relationship with us. He wants us to have a relationship with each other. If we’re maintaining these, everything else should just come naturally.

Oh how He keeps revealing himself to me.

 

I amand I’ll never take these friends for granted again.